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Add replace-with-answer button to selection tools - #996
Adds a Replace button to answers in the selection-tools floating toolbar, so the AI response (e.g. a polished or translated version) can be written back over the originally selected text in one click — no more manual copy & paste when polishing text you are writing in an input, textarea, or rich-text editor.
How it works
When the selection toolbar is triggered — by mouse, touch, or a selection tool from the right-click menu — the content script captures the editable target of the selection (captureEditableSelection): a text field (input/textarea) with its selection offsets, or a cloned Range inside a contenteditable region. This happens before the selection is lost by interacting with the toolbar.
Completed answers then show a Replace button next to Copy. Clicking it calls replaceCapturedSelection, which writes the answer text over the original selection. A ✓/✗ icon gives success/failure feedback (same pattern as CopyButton).
The button only appears when the selection was inside an editable element. Static page content is intentionally not replaceable — replacing arbitrary page DOM is destructive and fragile, and the real use case is text you are writing. Page-level menu tools (which work on the whole page, not the selection) don't offer it either.
Firefox does not expose input/textarea selections via window.getSelection(), so the selection-tools flows (mouseup, touchend, the keydown cleanup, and the mobile selectionchange listener) fall back to the captured text-field selection there.
Safety / security considerations
No HTML injection: the answer is inserted as plain text only (.value / text nodes / execCommand('insertText')), never parsed as HTML.
Stale-capture guard: before replacing (and again after focusing the target, in case page focus handlers changed it or moved the focus away), the capture is re-verified — for text fields the whole field value must be unchanged since capture, for contenteditable the range must still contain the original text. Otherwise nothing is overwritten and the button shows a failure state.
Sensitive and non-editable fields excluded: password inputs are never captured; read-only and disabled fields are rejected at capture time and re-checked before replacing. The debug log only prints the capture kind, never the selected text.
Undo works: document.execCommand('insertText') is preferred so the native undo history keeps working (its result is only trusted when the selected text was actually replaced; if a page handler changed a text field in some other way during the command, the field is kept and the button shows a failure state); a fallback sets the value via the prototype setter and dispatches an input event so pages with controlled inputs (React and similar) observe the change.
Containment
New util src/utils/selection-replace.mjs + new component src/components/ReplaceButton/; everything else is optional-prop threading (capturedSelection → FloatingToolbar, onReplaceContent → ConversationCard, onReplace → ConversationItem).
Other users of ConversationCard/FloatingToolbar (popup, independent panel, site adapters, menu tools) are unaffected — the capture is only wired up in the selection-tools paths (mouse, touch, and right-click selection tools).
i18n
Added keys Replace Selection and Replace Failed to src/_locales/en/main.json and propagated translations to all other locales (de, es, fr, id, it, ja, ko, pt, ru, tr, zh-hans, zh-hant). Native speakers, please feel free to correct.
Validation
Up to date with master. The latest merge only had to re-add this PR's replaceCapturedSelection import and test stub after master switched the floating toolbar to DraggableCore; the earlier conflict in src/content-script/index.jsx routes master's creationVersion stale-toolbar guard and this PR's captured selection through createSelectionTools.
npm test: 1154 tests pass, including 41 unit tests for selection-replace.mjs and a selection-toolbar lifecycle test for the Firefox keydown case.
npm run lint, npm run pretty:check and npm run build: clean.
Manual testing in Firefox 157 with a signed build of this branch: replace in textarea, text input and contenteditable (including undo and input event propagation), no Replace button for read-only, password and static text, failure state when the field changed after capture, the right-click selection-tool path, and the toolbar staying open on Shift+Arrow / Ctrl+C inside a text field.
Re-tested in Firefox after the review round on 118dd25: replace in a text input and textarea, a multi-line answer in a contenteditable editor, and no Replace button after stopping a request before its first token.
Re-tested in Firefox after the review rounds on 1436827 and 8f5bbb3.
The mobile selection-change cases (including Firefox text fields) are covered by unit tests only.
Not manually tested in Chromium (covered by the unit tests only).
Added an option to replace selected text from completed answers, including selections in text fields and editable content.
Replacement applies to the selection captured when the action starts. The action displays success or failure feedback, with labels and messages translated across supported languages.
When the selection toolbar is triggered on text inside an editable
target (input, textarea, or contenteditable element), the editable
selection is captured before it gets lost by interacting with the
toolbar. Completed answers in the floating toolbar then show a Replace
button next to Copy that writes the answer back over the originally
selected text, e.g. to apply a polished or translated version in place.
The replacement verifies the original text is still present before
writing (stale captures never overwrite changed content), inserts plain
text only (never parsed as HTML), prefers execCommand('insertText') so
native undo keeps working, and falls back to setting the value through
the prototype setter and dispatching an input event so pages with
controlled inputs (React and similar) observe the change.
Static page content is intentionally not replaceable, and other users
of ConversationCard and FloatingToolbar (popup, independent panel, site
adapters) are unaffected since the capture is only wired up in the
selection tools path.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The content script captures editable selections from text fields and contenteditable regions. The toolbar associates a captured selection with generated answer content. Eligible completed answers display a replacement action that invokes utilities to validate and replace the captured text.
Changes: Replace Selection Feature
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Summary
Capture and replace editable selections src/utils/selection-replace.mjs, src/utils/index.mjs, tests/unit/utils/selection-replace.test.mjs
Adds utilities to capture selections from supported text fields and contenteditable regions. Replacement checks the captured target and verifies execCommand results before using fallback paths. Unit tests cover capture, replacement, and refusal conditions.
Mouse, touch, and context-menu flows capture editable selections and pass them to FloatingToolbar. The toolbar snapshots the replacement target when a tool starts. Tests cover toolbar dismissal and target stability.
Adds a replacement button to eligible completed answers and passes answer content to the replacement callback. The button displays localized idle, success, and failure states. Locale files add action and failure labels.
sequenceDiagram
participant ContentScript
participant FloatingToolbar
participant ConversationCard
participant ConversationItem
participant ReplaceButton
participant SelectionReplace
ContentScript->>FloatingToolbar: pass capturedSelection
FloatingToolbar->>ConversationCard: provide replacement callback after prompt succeeds
ConversationCard->>ConversationItem: pass onReplace for eligible answers
ConversationItem->>ReplaceButton: render replacement action
ReplaceButton->>FloatingToolbar: invoke callback with answer content
FloatingToolbar->>SelectionReplace: replaceCapturedSelection(captured, content)
SelectionReplace-->>FloatingToolbar: return replacement result
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Merge Risk: Moderate · up to fed71
Replacement can be unavailable in shadow-root editors. In browsers that omit the native input event, a page may also restore the old field value. These risks should be addressed before merging.
Security architecture risk: Low · up to 6d89a
The action requires a Replace click and inserts plain text, limiting its exposure. However, page focus changes can redirect the native edit away from the originally selected field. The identified risk is bounded to page-content integrity; no extension privilege escalation is established.
Retained concerns
Low · security · inferred: Captured text-field identity is not enforced at the native editing command. A page focus handler can focus another field while leaving the captured value unchanged. The document-wide insertText command may then edit that field, after which fallback can also overwrite the originally captured field. This weakens the user-selected write scope; cross-origin or extension-privileged exposure is not established.
Security review details
Security Blast Radius
inferred — The evidenced exposure is editable content in the content script's document after a Replace click. The focus-redirection concern can affect another field in that document; the traced replacement implementation does not establish access to another origin, extension secrets, storage or privileged service writes.
Security Findings and Attack Paths
inferred — A page-controlled focus handler can redirect the active editing target while preserving the captured field's value. Replacement then invokes a document-wide command without checking active-element identity. An unintended second-field edit is therefore plausible, although browser-level reproduction and privilege escalation are not established.
Trust Boundaries and Controls
observed — Completed-answer content crosses into page-editing authority only through the wired Replace action. The UI requires a capture and completed answer; page-level context-menu tools receive no capture. These controls limit normal reachability but do not resolve target identity during native editing.
Resilience and Maintainability Implications
observed — Full-value checks reject ordinary text-field edits before replacement, including edits caused by focus handlers. Direct utility tests exercise these controls, but lifecycle tests substitute capture and replacement stubs, leaving complete capture-to-click behavior unvalidated by those tests.
Hardening Proposals
proposed — Bind editing to the captured target rather than relying solely on document focus. Validate command postconditions and editable-host ownership before fallback, and establish fail-closed recovery for partial mutations. Browser-level cases should cover focus takeover, editor callbacks, repeated clicks and interruption.
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• Capture editable selections (text fields/contenteditable) before the toolbar steals focus.
• Add a Replace action on completed answers to overwrite the captured selection safely.
• Add i18n strings and unit tests covering execCommand/fallback and stale-selection guards.
The following are alternative approaches to this PR:
1. Use setRangeText() for inputs/textareas
➕ Native API for replacing selected text in text fields
➕ Often integrates cleanly with selection and value updates without execCommand
➖ Does not help for contenteditable
➖ Controlled inputs may still require careful event dispatching; cross-browser quirks remain
2. Use beforeinput/InputEvent-driven insertion for contenteditable
➕ More standards-forward than execCommand in modern browsers
➕ Potentially better integration with editors that intercept input events
➖ More complex compatibility surface across browsers/editors
➖ May still require fallbacks; harder to test deterministically
Recommendation: The PR’s approach is solid for an extension context: capture-then-replace avoids focus/selection loss, replacement is plain-text only, and stale-capture verification prevents unintended overwrites. Keeping execCommand('insertText') as the preferred path preserves undo where supported, with a pragmatic fallback for controlled inputs.
Files changed (21) +695 / -17
Enhancement (7) +280 / -17
index.jsxThread onReplaceContent to answers and strip trailing <hr/>+6/-0
Thread onReplaceContent to answers and strip trailing <hr/>
• Adds an optional onReplaceContent prop and wires it to answer items only when the answer is done. Reuses the same trailing <hr/> trimming behavior used by Copy to avoid inserting UI separators into the replaced text.
index.jsxRender ReplaceButton in answer header when onReplace is provided+4/-1
Render ReplaceButton in answer header when onReplace is provided
• Introduces ReplaceButton next to Copy for answer items and adds a new onReplace prop. The button is gated by descName (answer context) and presence of an onReplace handler.
index.jsxWire capturedSelection into Replace flow via replaceCapturedSelection()+12/-1
Wire capturedSelection into Replace flow via replaceCapturedSelection()
• Extends FloatingToolbar to accept a capturedSelection prop and maps it to ConversationCard.onReplaceContent. Replacement is performed via the shared utility so selection-tools can safely write into editable targets.
index.jsxAdd ReplaceButton component with success/failure feedback+49/-0
Add ReplaceButton component with success/failure feedback
• Adds a new icon button that invokes onReplace and shows transient ✓/✗ feedback with an i18n tooltip. Cleans up timers on unmount to avoid leaking timeouts.
index.jsxCapture editable selection before showing selection-tools (mouse/touch/menu)+39/-15
Capture editable selection before showing selection-tools (mouse/touch/menu)
• Captures the editable selection descriptor before toolbar interaction can clear it, passes it into FloatingToolbar, and logs it in debug output. Adds a Firefox-specific fallback to derive selection text from captured text-field selections when window.getSelection() doesn’t expose them, and captures selection early for context-menu initiated selection tools.
selection-replace.mjsAdd captureEditableSelection() and replaceCapturedSelection() with safety guards+169/-0
Add captureEditableSelection() and replaceCapturedSelection() with safety guards
• Implements capturing of either text-field offsets or cloned contenteditable ranges. Replacement verifies the original text to prevent stale overwrites, inserts plain text only, prefers execCommand('insertText') for undo support, and falls back to prototype value-setting plus input event dispatch for controlled inputs.
selection-replace.test.mjsAdd unit tests for selection capture and replacement across editable types+389/-0
Add unit tests for selection capture and replacement across editable types
• Adds thorough unit coverage for text-field and contenteditable capture/replace paths, including execCommand success/failure, stale/disconnected guards, and input event dispatch behavior.
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Code Review
This pull request introduces a feature to replace captured editable text selections (such as text fields and contenteditable regions) with generated or translated content, including a new ReplaceButton component, updated localization files, and comprehensive unit tests. The code review feedback suggests several important improvements: traversing the DOM to find the top-most contenteditable ancestor to ensure focus works correctly, re-applying the collapsed range to the active selection in the contenteditable fallback path to update the cursor position, and using a useEffect hook in ReplaceButton to clear the status timeout on unmount to prevent memory leaks.
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1. Password text captured✓ Resolved🐞 Bug⛨ Security
Description
captureEditableSelection treats <input type="password"> as a supported text field and stores the
selected substring in the captured descriptor (captured.text), risking credential exposure in
extension memory/state. It also enables the Replace flow to write AI text into password inputs when
invoked.
The utility explicitly includes password in the recognized text field types and then captures the
selected substring from activeElement.value into captured.text, which is subsequently passed
through the selection-tools UI path.
The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution
## Issue description
`captureEditableSelection()` currently supports `input[type=password]` and stores the selected substring in `captured.text`. This is sensitive credential material and should not be captured or made replaceable.
## Issue Context
The supported input types list includes `password`, and the capture descriptor stores the selected value slice.
## Fix Focus Areas
- src/utils/selection-replace.mjs[7-15]
- src/utils/selection-replace.mjs[32-43]
- tests/unit/utils/selection-replace.test.mjs[118-146]
## Implementation notes
- Remove `'password'` from `TEXT_FIELD_INPUT_TYPES` (or explicitly return `false` from `isTextField()` when `element.type === 'password'`).
- Add/adjust unit test ensuring password inputs are ignored (capture returns `null`).
- (Optional hardening) Also ignore elements marked `readOnly`/`disabled` if you want to avoid modifying non-editable controls.
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createSelectionTools logs the full capturedSelection object (including selected text and DOM
references) via console.debug, which can expose user-selected content in page devtools logs. This is
a privacy risk whenever debug logs are visible/collected.
The content script logs capturedSelection as-is, and the captured descriptor contains the selected
substring (text) and DOM references (element/range).
The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution
## Issue description
`createSelectionTools` logs `capturedSelection` directly, which includes the selected substring and element/range references. This can leak user-selected content into page console logs.
### Issue Context
The captured selection descriptor includes `text` (the selected content) for both text-fields and contenteditable selections.
### Fix Focus Areas
- src/content-script/index.jsx[240-248]
### Suggested fix
- Change the debug log to avoid printing the full object.
- Option A: remove the `capturedSelection` argument entirely.
- Option B: log only non-sensitive metadata (e.g., `capturedSelection?.kind`, `start/end` offsets, and `text.length`), never the text itself or DOM nodes/ranges.
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The right-click menu path stores menuCapturedSelection as a module-level variable and never clears
it after handling the menu action, retaining DOM/Range references longer than necessary. On
long-lived pages this can needlessly keep objects alive and is avoidable.
+let menuX, menuY, menuCapturedSelection
let rightClickMenuInitialized = false
async function prepareForRightClickMenu() {
Evidence
The content script captures an editable selection into a persistent variable and later reuses it for
selection-tools actions, but there is no lifecycle cleanup shown for that stored capture.
The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution
## Issue description
`menuCapturedSelection` is captured on `contextmenu` and later reused when the background script message arrives, but it is never reset afterward.
### Issue Context
This variable can hold references to DOM elements and a cloned Range, which may unnecessarily extend their lifetime.
### Fix Focus Areas
- src/content-script/index.jsx[462-493]
### Suggested fix
- After using `menuCapturedSelection` (e.g., right after assigning `capturedSelection = menuCapturedSelection` or after rendering the `FloatingToolbar` for the CREATE_CHAT message), set `menuCapturedSelection = null`.
- Optionally also clear it when handling non-selection menu tools, to ensure it never lingers beyond the relevant action.
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4. Stale guard misses shifts✓ Resolved🐞 Bug≡ Correctness
Description
For text fields, replacement only checks that value.slice(start,end) still equals the originally
selected text, so some edits elsewhere in the field can go undetected if the same substring remains
at those offsets. In those edge cases, Replace can apply to a stale position instead of failing
safely.
The capture stores only offsets and selected substring, and the replace path uses only substring
equality at those offsets to decide whether the capture is stale.
The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution
## Issue description
The text-field stale guard validates only the selected substring at the captured offsets, not whether the overall field content has changed since capture. This can miss certain content shifts (e.g., repetitive text) and still perform a replacement.
### Issue Context
`captureEditableSelection` stores only `start`, `end`, and `text` for text fields; `replaceInTextField` compares only `value.slice(start,end)` to that captured text.
### Fix Focus Areas
- src/utils/selection-replace.mjs[39-49]
- src/utils/selection-replace.mjs[92-97]
### Suggested fix
- Capture stronger context for text fields and validate it before replacing:
- Simplest/strictest: also store `valueAtCapture` (entire `activeElement.value`) and require `element.value === valueAtCapture` before replacing.
- Less strict: store a small prefix/suffix window around the selection (e.g., N chars before/after) and validate those as well.
- Keep current substring check as an additional guard, but ensure the new check prevents replacing when the field has changed in ways that could shift offsets.
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View more (1) 5. Non-Event input dispatch✓ Resolved🐞 Bug☼ Reliability
Description
dispatchInputEvent uses a plain object when InputEvent is unavailable and passes it to
dispatchEvent, which expects an Event instance. In environments lacking InputEvent, the replace
fallback path can throw or fail to notify pages that rely on input events (e.g., controlled inputs).
The fallback path creates a non-Event object and still calls dispatchEvent(event), and this
function is invoked in the replace fallbacks that rely on dispatching an input event after
programmatic insertion.
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## Issue description
When `globalThis.InputEvent` is missing, `dispatchInputEvent()` constructs a plain object (`{ type: 'input', bubbles: true }`) and passes it to `element.dispatchEvent(...)`. In real DOM, `dispatchEvent` expects an `Event` object.
## Issue Context
This code is used in the manual replacement fallbacks for both text fields and contenteditables.
## Fix Focus Areas
- src/utils/selection-replace.mjs[62-69]
- src/utils/selection-replace.mjs[102-105]
- src/utils/selection-replace.mjs[131-135]
- tests/unit/utils/selection-replace.test.mjs[97-100]
## Implementation notes
- Replace the plain-object fallback with `new Event('input', { bubbles: true })` (or `doc.createEvent('Event')` + `initEvent` if you need an even older fallback).
- Update unit tests to reflect that the dispatched value is an Event-like object (or adjust the test double to accept Event instances).
- Keep the InputEvent path as-is so you still set `inputType: 'insertText'` where supported.
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6. Timer not cleared on unmount✓ Resolved🐞 Bug☼ Reliability
Description
ReplaceButton schedules a timeout that calls setStatus but does not clear it on unmount, so
closing/unmounting the toolbar quickly can trigger setState-after-unmount warnings. This is minor
but avoidable lifecycle risk.
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## Issue description
`ReplaceButton` keeps a pending `setTimeout` that may fire after the component unmounts, calling `setStatus`.
## Issue Context
The timer is stored in `timeoutRef` but there is no unmount cleanup.
## Fix Focus Areas
- src/components/ReplaceButton/index.jsx[14-24]
## Implementation notes
- Add `useEffect(() => () => { if (timeoutRef.current) clearTimeout(timeoutRef.current) }, [])`.
- Ensure `timeoutRef.current` is nulled in cleanup for consistency.
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In `@src/components/ReplaceButton/index.jsx`:
- Around line 15-24: The ReplaceButton timeout is only cleared before scheduling
a new one, but not when the component unmounts, so the delayed callback in
onClick can still call setStatus after unmount. Add a cleanup effect in the
ReplaceButton component that clears timeoutRef.current on unmount, and make sure
it also nulls the ref after clearing so no pending timer survives component
teardown.
In `@src/content-script/index.jsx`:
- Around line 329-331: The mouseup and touchend selection handling in index.jsx
is skipping Firefox text-field selections because it bails out on
window.getSelection().toString() before calling captureEditableSelection().
Update the selection guard in the flows around captureEditableSelection() and
createSelectionTools() to also recognize <input>/<textarea> selections via
document.activeElement.selectionStart/selectionEnd when the document selection
is empty, so toolbar creation still runs for editable-field text selections.
In `@src/utils/selection-replace.mjs`:
- Line 7: Remove password from TEXT_FIELD_INPUT_TYPES in selection-replace.mjs
so captureEditableSelection no longer treats password inputs as text fields;
update the selection capture logic that uses TEXT_FIELD_INPUT_TYPES and
activeElement.value.slice(start, end) to exclude password fields entirely,
ensuring the descriptor text property is never populated from password input
content.
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All prior review findings (password capture, readOnly/disabled capture, non-event input dispatch, editing-host resolution, cursor re-application for contenteditable, ReplaceButton unmount cleanup, Firefox text-field selection support, sensitive selection logging, retained menuCapturedSelection, and the stricter whole-field stale guard) have been verified as resolved in the current HEAD (25fbd1e). No new issues were identified in the changed code.
The context menu click arrives asynchronously via the background
script, so the editable selection is captured on the contextmenu event
alongside the menu position. Menu tools operating on the whole page
intentionally do not offer replacement.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Exclude password inputs from capture so credential text is never
stored in the descriptor, and exclude readonly/disabled fields both
at capture time and again before replacing
- Resolve nested contenteditable selections to the editing host so
focus() lands on a focusable element before execCommand
- Re-apply the collapsed range to the selection in the contenteditable
fallback so the cursor ends up after the inserted text
- Dispatch a real Event instance when InputEvent is unavailable
instead of a plain object
- Clear the ReplaceButton status timeout on unmount
- Fall back to the captured text field selection when
window.getSelection() is empty, so selection tools also trigger for
input/textarea selections on Firefox
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Password inputs excluded (qodo, coderabbitai): password removed from the supported input types — credential text is never captured, and password fields can't be replace targets.
readonly/disabled fields excluded (codex): rejected at capture time and re-checked before replacing, so the value-setter fallback can no longer write into controls the page marked non-editable.
Editing host resolution (gemini-code-assist): nested contenteditable selections now walk up to the top-most contenteditable ancestor so focus() lands on a focusable element before execCommand.
Cursor placement in fallback path (gemini-code-assist): the collapsed range is re-applied to the live selection after inserting the text node.
Valid Event fallback (qodo, kilo-code-bot): when InputEvent is unavailable a real Event('input', { bubbles: true }) is dispatched instead of a plain object.
ReplaceButton timer cleanup (gemini-code-assist, qodo, coderabbitai, kilo-code-bot): pending status timeout is cleared on unmount.
Firefox text-field selections (coderabbitai): the mouseup/touchend flows now fall back to the captured text-field selection when window.getSelection() is empty, so the selection toolbar (and Replace) also works for input/textarea on Firefox.
All covered by new unit tests (24 in selection-replace.test.mjs, 713 total passing); lint and production build clean.
Addressed the second qodo review round in 25fbd1e:
Sensitive selection logged: the debug log now prints only the captured selection kind — the selected text and DOM/Range references never reach the page console.
Selection capture retained: menuCapturedSelection is cleared as soon as the CREATE_CHAT message consumes it, so element/Range references are not kept alive on long-lived pages.
Stale guard misses shifts: the capture now stores the full field value and replacement requires an exact match, so edits that shift the selection offsets while leaving the same substring in place (e.g. repetitive text) fail safely instead of replacing the wrong position. Covered by a new unit test.
(The branch was force-pushed once to drop an accidentally committed local build artifact from history; no code changes.)
714 tests passing, lint and production build clean.
- Log only the captured selection kind instead of the full descriptor
so selected text and DOM references never end up in page console logs
- Clear the context menu selection capture once the menu action has
been handled instead of retaining element and range references
- Store the full text field value at capture time and require an exact
match before replacing, so edits that shift the selection offsets
while leaving the same substring in place fail safely
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Pull request overview
Adds a “Replace Selection” action to the selection-tools answer UI so users can write an AI answer back into the originally selected text inside editable fields (inputs/textareas/contenteditable), avoiding manual copy/paste. This integrates capture + safe replace logic into the content script’s selection-tools flow while keeping non-editable page content non-replaceable.
Changes:
Add captureEditableSelection / replaceCapturedSelection utilities with stale/disconnected guards for text fields and contenteditable.
Thread captured selection through the selection-tools FloatingToolbar → ConversationCard → ConversationItem and introduce a ReplaceButton with success/failure feedback.
Add unit tests for capture/replace behavior and propagate new i18n strings across locales.
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tests/unit/utils/selection-replace.test.mjs
New unit tests covering capture + replace for text fields and contenteditable, including stale/disconnected guards.
src/utils/selection-replace.mjs
New utility implementing capture + safe replacement (execCommand preferred, fallback for controlled inputs).
src/utils/index.mjs
Re-export selection-replace utilities via utils barrel.
src/content-script/index.jsx
Capture editable selection before toolbar interaction; pass captured selection into FloatingToolbar for selection-tools flows.
src/components/ReplaceButton/index.jsx
New Replace button component with success/failure icon feedback and localized tooltip text.
src/components/FloatingToolbar/index.jsx
Wire onReplaceContent into ConversationCard when an editable selection was captured.
src/components/ConversationItem/index.jsx
Render ReplaceButton on completed answers when onReplace is provided.
src/components/ConversationCard/index.jsx
Provide onReplace callback per completed answer, stripping trailing <hr/> like Copy does.
src/_locales/*/main.json
Add localized strings for “Replace Selection” and “Replace Failed”.
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This pull request introduces a feature allowing users to replace selected text in editable fields (text inputs, textareas, and contenteditable regions) with the AI-generated response. It includes localized strings, a new ReplaceButton component, selection capture/replacement utilities, and comprehensive unit tests. The review feedback highlights a potential memory leak in the content script due to uncleared context menu selections, potential wrong-document DOM exceptions when interacting with elements inside iframes, and a robustness issue in ReplaceButton where void-returning callbacks incorrectly trigger a failure state.
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1. Replace can delete protected editor content✗ Dismissed
Description
replaceInContentEditable falls back to range.deleteContents() without checking whether the
captured range crosses a contenteditable="false" descendant. When a selection spans editable text
and a non-editable child and the editing command does not perform the replacement, the fallback
deletes that child along with the selected text.
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## Issue description
The manual contenteditable fallback can delete non-editable descendants included in a captured selection.
## Fix Focus Areas
- src/utils/selection-replace.mjs[55-65]
- src/utils/selection-replace.mjs[129-159]
- tests/unit/utils/selection-replace.test.mjs[374-438]
## Recommended Fix
Reject a captured range that crosses non-editable descendants before any DOM mutation, and add a test where the editing command fails for such a range.
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2. Firefox keydown closes toolbar✓ Resolved
Description
The PR adds a Firefox fallback to derive selected text from captured text-field selection, but the
keydown cleanup path still checks only window.getSelection(). In Firefox (where text-field selection
isn’t exposed via window.getSelection), this can incorrectly delete the selection-tools toolbar even
while a text-field selection still exists.
+ const capturedSelection = captureEditableSelection()+ const selection =+ window+ .getSelection()+ ?.toString()+ .trim()+ .replace(/^-+|-+$/g, '') ||+ // Firefox does not expose text field selections via window.getSelection()+ (capturedSelection?.kind === 'text-field'+ ? capturedSelection.text.trim().replace(/^-+|-+$/g, '')+ : '')
Evidence
The PR acknowledges Firefox text fields don’t surface selection via window.getSelection() and adds a
fallback, but the keydown cleanup still uses window.getSelection() only, which will mis-detect
text-field selections in Firefox and remove the toolbar incorrectly.
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### Issue description
Selection-tools now supports Firefox text-field selections via `captureEditableSelection()`, but the toolbar auto-cleanup on `keydown` still relies on `window.getSelection()`. In Firefox this can evaluate to empty for input/textarea selections, causing premature toolbar deletion.
### Issue Context
The PR explicitly notes Firefox does not expose text-field selections via `window.getSelection()`, and adds a fallback for detecting the selected text on mouseup/touchend. The keydown cleanup should use the same strategy (or directly inspect `selectionStart/selectionEnd`).
### Fix Focus Areas
- src/content-script/index.jsx[365-377]
- src/content-script/index.jsx[298-308]
### Implementation notes
- In the keydown `setTimeout`, decide “selection exists” using either:
- `window.getSelection()?.toString().trim()` (for contenteditable/static selections), OR
- for INPUT/TEXTAREA: `e.target.selectionStart < e.target.selectionEnd` (or `captureEditableSelection()` and check `kind === 'text-field'` and non-empty text).
- Only call `deleteToolbar()` when *both* checks indicate there is no selection.
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3. Replace can accept the wrong field edit✓ Resolved
Description
replaceInTextField treats a successful execCommand as a replacement whenever the field value
differs from its captured value. If a page input handler changes another part of the field while
leaving the captured selection unreplaced, the function reports success and skips the fallback that
would insert the answer at the saved offsets.
+ try {+ // execCommand keeps the native undo history working where supported+ replaced = doc.execCommand('insertText', false, text) && element.value !== value+ } catch (error) {
Evidence
The command path checks only whether the whole value changed; the fallback is the only path that
computes the value from the captured start and end offsets.
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## Issue description
A truthy editing command can be accepted after an unrelated field-value change, without replacing the captured selection.
## Fix Focus Areas
- src/utils/selection-replace.mjs[108-120]
- tests/unit/utils/selection-replace.test.mjs[259-275]
## Recommended Fix
Verify the post-command field value against the intended replacement, or otherwise verify that the captured span was replaced before reporting success. Add a partial-selection test whose command changes an unrelated part of the value.
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4. Nested editors can miss replacement events✗ Dismissed
Description
findContentEditableElement climbs to the outermost editable ancestor rather than retaining the
nested editing host containing the selection. If the editing command falls back to direct DOM
insertion, dispatchInputEvent targets that outer ancestor, so input handlers attached to the
nested host do not receive the replacement event.
+ while (element.parentElement && element.parentElement.isContentEditable) {+ element = element.parentElement+ }+ return element
Evidence
The capture helper deliberately returns the outermost editable ancestor; replacement later uses that
stored element for focus and for dispatching the synthetic input event.
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## Issue description
A replacement inside a nested editing host dispatches its fallback input event on the outer host instead.
## Fix Focus Areas
- src/utils/selection-replace.mjs[20-27]
- src/utils/selection-replace.mjs[129-166]
- tests/unit/utils/selection-replace.test.mjs[206-217]
## Recommended Fix
Resolve and retain the editing host that owns the range, rather than always climbing to the outermost editable ancestor. Focus and dispatch the fallback input event on that host, and update the nested-host test.
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5. Replace can write the loading placeholder over the user's text✓ Resolved
Description
The onReplace condition only checks data.type === 'answer' && data.done. If generation is
stopped (or finishes with no content) before the first token arrives, portMessageListener calls
updateAnswer('', true, 'answer', true), which marks the `<p class="gpt-loading">Waiting for
response...</p>` placeholder as done. Replace is then offered, and clicking it overwrites the user's
selected text with that literal HTML string.
When generation stops, portMessageListener({ done: true }) runs. getCompletedAnswerUpdate(null)
returns {value:'', appended:true}, so updateAnswer keeps the existing placeholder content and
sets done = true. The placeholder is the content set at line 478. The new onReplace condition
does not exclude that content, so it is passed straight to replaceCapturedSelection.
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## Issue description
A stopped or empty generation leaves the answer item holding the `gpt-loading` placeholder with `done = true`. The Replace button then offers to write that HTML over the user's selection.
## Fix Focus Areas
- src/components/ConversationCard/index.jsx[799-803]
## Recommended Fix
Compute the cleaned content (`data.content.replace(/\n<hr\/>$/, '')`). Only pass `onReplace` when that content is non-empty after trimming and does not contain `gpt-loading`. A safer alternative is to track a flag that marks whether real answer content was received.
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View medium (2) 6. Answers can be written into password fields✓ Resolved
Description
replaceInTextField checks the saved value and current read-only and disabled flags, but does not
recheck the input type that captureEditableSelection originally allowed. If a page changes the
captured input from text to password while leaving its value unchanged, Replace can write the answer
into a field that capture would now reject.
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## Issue description
A text input captured while eligible can later become a password input without changing its value, yet Replace still writes to it.
## Fix Focus Areas
- src/utils/selection-replace.mjs[95-106]
- tests/unit/utils/selection-replace.test.mjs[322-342]
## Recommended Fix
Include `isTextField(element)` in the pre-focus and post-focus validity checks, and test a type change after capture.
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7. Email inputs not supported✗ Dismissed
Description
Text-field capture only allows INPUT types in ['text','search','url','tel'], so selections in common
editable inputs like <input type="email"> will never be captured. As a result, Replace will never be
offered for those inputs even though they support selectionStart/selectionEnd.
isTextField() explicitly filters INPUT elements by an allowlist that excludes email, so those
selections cannot be captured and therefore cannot be replaced.
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### Issue description
`captureEditableSelection()` currently allowlists only a few INPUT types. This blocks Replace for other text-like inputs (notably `type="email"`).
### Issue Context
`isTextField()` gates whether a selection can be captured/replaced in inputs; anything excluded here makes the Replace feature unavailable for that field type.
### Fix Focus Areas
- src/utils/selection-replace.mjs[7-16]
### Implementation notes
Prefer a capability-based check over a narrow allowlist:
- Allow INPUT elements that expose numeric `selectionStart/selectionEnd` and are not `readOnly/disabled`.
- Keep an explicit denylist for non-text inputs and sensitive types (e.g., `password`, `checkbox`, `radio`, `file`, `submit`, `button`, etc.).
- At minimum, include `email` in the allowed list if you want to stay with allowlisting.
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8. Every streamed token re-renders all earlier answers✓ Resolved
Description
onReplace is a new inline arrow function on every ConversationCard render, and FloatingToolbar
also passes a new onReplaceContent arrow on each render. Together they defeat the memo on
ConversationItem for every completed answer. Each streaming update to the last answer therefore
re-runs MarkdownRender for all earlier done answers in the selection-tools toolbar.
ConversationItem is exported as memo(ConversationItem), and its other callback prop onRetry is
kept stable through useMemo. The new onReplace prop is a new function on every render whenever
props.onReplaceContent is set, so the shallow prop comparison always fails for completed answers.
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## Issue description
The inline `onReplace` and `onReplaceContent` closures break the memoization of `ConversationItem`, so all completed answers re-render on every streaming chunk.
## Fix Focus Areas
- src/components/ConversationCard/index.jsx[799-803]
- src/components/FloatingToolbar/index.jsx[255-259]
## Recommended Fix
In FloatingToolbar, wrap `onReplaceContent` in `useCallback` keyed on `props.capturedSelection`. In ConversationCard, pass a stable callback plus a boolean `replaceable` prop, and let `ConversationItem` call `onReplace(content)` with its own content. That keeps props shallow-equal between renders.
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9. InputEvent creation not guarded✗ Dismissed
Description
dispatchInputEvent constructs a new InputEvent without guarding against constructor failures, which
can cause replaceCapturedSelection to return false due to a thrown error after performing the
replacement work. This can lead to incorrect failure feedback even though the content was updated.
+const dispatchInputEvent = (element) => {+ if (typeof element.dispatchEvent !== 'function') return+ const event = globalThis.InputEvent+ ? new globalThis.InputEvent('input', { bubbles: true, inputType: 'insertText' })+ : globalThis.Event+ ? new globalThis.Event('input', { bubbles: true })+ : null+ if (event) element.dispatchEvent(event)+}
Evidence
The event is constructed directly without a local guard; any exception thrown here is caught by
replaceCapturedSelection’s outer try/catch, which changes the returned boolean (and UI status) even
if earlier mutation already occurred.
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### Issue description
`dispatchInputEvent()` assumes `new InputEvent(...)` is always constructible when `globalThis.InputEvent` exists. If that constructor throws in some environments, the outer replacement call catches and reports failure.
### Issue Context
`replaceCapturedSelection()` wraps the replace helpers in a try/catch and returns `false` on any thrown error, so a failure during event construction/dispatch affects the success signal.
### Fix Focus Areas
- src/utils/selection-replace.mjs[72-80]
- src/utils/selection-replace.mjs[163-171]
### Implementation notes
- Wrap InputEvent creation in a try/catch and fall back to `new Event('input', { bubbles: true })`.
- Consider wrapping `element.dispatchEvent(...)` in try/catch as well to avoid flipping success/failure due to a dispatch error.
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The PR adds a Firefox fallback to derive selected text from captured text-field selection, but the
keydown cleanup path still checks only window.getSelection(). In Firefox (where text-field selection
isn’t exposed via window.getSelection), this can incorrectly delete the selection-tools toolbar even
while a text-field selection still exists.
+ const capturedSelection = captureEditableSelection()+ const selection =+ window+ .getSelection()+ ?.toString()+ .trim()+ .replace(/^-+|-+$/g, '') ||+ // Firefox does not expose text field selections via window.getSelection()+ (capturedSelection?.kind === 'text-field'+ ? capturedSelection.text.trim().replace(/^-+|-+$/g, '')+ : '')
Evidence
The PR acknowledges Firefox text fields don’t surface selection via window.getSelection() and adds a
fallback, but the keydown cleanup still uses window.getSelection() only, which will mis-detect
text-field selections in Firefox and remove the toolbar incorrectly.
The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution
### Issue description
Selection-tools now supports Firefox text-field selections via `captureEditableSelection()`, but the toolbar auto-cleanup on `keydown` still relies on `window.getSelection()`. In Firefox this can evaluate to empty for input/textarea selections, causing premature toolbar deletion.
### Issue Context
The PR explicitly notes Firefox does not expose text-field selections via `window.getSelection()`, and adds a fallback for detecting the selected text on mouseup/touchend. The keydown cleanup should use the same strategy (or directly inspect `selectionStart/selectionEnd`).
### Fix Focus Areas
- src/content-script/index.jsx[365-377]
- src/content-script/index.jsx[298-308]
### Implementation notes
- In the keydown `setTimeout`, decide “selection exists” using either:
- `window.getSelection()?.toString().trim()` (for contenteditable/static selections), OR
- for INPUT/TEXTAREA: `e.target.selectionStart < e.target.selectionEnd` (or `captureEditableSelection()` and check `kind === 'text-field'` and non-empty text).
- Only call `deleteToolbar()` when *both* checks indicate there is no selection.
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2. Email inputs not supported✗ Dismissed
Description
Text-field capture only allows INPUT types in ['text','search','url','tel'], so selections in common
editable inputs like <input type="email"> will never be captured. As a result, Replace will never be
offered for those inputs even though they support selectionStart/selectionEnd.
isTextField() explicitly filters INPUT elements by an allowlist that excludes email, so those
selections cannot be captured and therefore cannot be replaced.
The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution
### Issue description
`captureEditableSelection()` currently allowlists only a few INPUT types. This blocks Replace for other text-like inputs (notably `type="email"`).
### Issue Context
`isTextField()` gates whether a selection can be captured/replaced in inputs; anything excluded here makes the Replace feature unavailable for that field type.
### Fix Focus Areas
- src/utils/selection-replace.mjs[7-16]
### Implementation notes
Prefer a capability-based check over a narrow allowlist:
- Allow INPUT elements that expose numeric `selectionStart/selectionEnd` and are not `readOnly/disabled`.
- Keep an explicit denylist for non-text inputs and sensitive types (e.g., `password`, `checkbox`, `radio`, `file`, `submit`, `button`, etc.).
- At minimum, include `email` in the allowed list if you want to stay with allowlisting.
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3. InputEvent creation not guarded✗ Dismissed
Description
dispatchInputEvent constructs a new InputEvent without guarding against constructor failures, which
can cause replaceCapturedSelection to return false due to a thrown error after performing the
replacement work. This can lead to incorrect failure feedback even though the content was updated.
+const dispatchInputEvent = (element) => {+ if (typeof element.dispatchEvent !== 'function') return+ const event = globalThis.InputEvent+ ? new globalThis.InputEvent('input', { bubbles: true, inputType: 'insertText' })+ : globalThis.Event+ ? new globalThis.Event('input', { bubbles: true })+ : null+ if (event) element.dispatchEvent(event)+}
Evidence
The event is constructed directly without a local guard; any exception thrown here is caught by
replaceCapturedSelection’s outer try/catch, which changes the returned boolean (and UI status) even
if earlier mutation already occurred.
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### Issue description
`dispatchInputEvent()` assumes `new InputEvent(...)` is always constructible when `globalThis.InputEvent` exists. If that constructor throws in some environments, the outer replacement call catches and reports failure.
### Issue Context
`replaceCapturedSelection()` wraps the replace helpers in a try/catch and returns `false` on any thrown error, so a failure during event construction/dispatch affects the success signal.
### Fix Focus Areas
- src/utils/selection-replace.mjs[72-80]
- src/utils/selection-replace.mjs[163-171]
### Implementation notes
- Wrap InputEvent creation in a try/catch and fall back to `new Event('input', { bubbles: true })`.
- Consider wrapping `element.dispatchEvent(...)` in try/catch as well to avoid flipping success/failure due to a dispatch error.
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Resolve conflicts in src/content-script/index.jsx: upstream added a
creationVersion guard to the selection toolbar flows, this branch threads
the captured editable selection through the same call sites. Both are
kept; createSelectionTools now takes (container, selection,
creationVersion, capturedSelection).
Add the new utils exports (captureEditableSelection,
replaceCapturedSelection) to the module stubs of upstream's content
script and floating toolbar lifecycle tests. The Indonesian strings
followed upstream's in -> id locale rename.
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Firefox does not expose input/textarea selections via
window.getSelection(), so the keydown cleanup deleted the selection
toolbar on any key press inside the field (even Ctrl+C or Shift+Arrow)
although the text was still selected. Also consult the captured
editable selection before deleting the toolbar, matching the fallback
already used by the mouseup and touchend flows.
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Contenteditable success check too broad (coderabbitai): execCommand success is now verified at the captured range (its original text must be gone) instead of any change in the editing host, so an editor cancelling the insertion while changing other text no longer reports success. Covered by a new test.
Detached range after rerender (cubic): answered in the thread — the captured range is live, so removing its nodes collapses it and the existing text check refuses.
Missing input event after execCommand on text fields (coderabbitai, outside-diff comment): not changing this. Browsers fire input (with inputType: 'insertText') themselves for execCommand('insertText') edits — that native event and undo integration are why that path is preferred — and manual testing in Firefox confirmed the page observes the input event on this path. The manual fallback dispatches one explicitly. Also unchanged code since the first commit.
1121 tests passing; lint, format check and production build clean; re-tested in Firefox.
Resolve conflicts with upstream's switch of the floating toolbar from
Draggable to DraggableCore: keep upstream's DraggableCore import and
test stubs, and re-add this branch's replaceCapturedSelection import in
FloatingToolbar and its stub in the content script selection toolbar
test loader.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
[Medium impact] The PR appears safe to merge; no new blocking issue was found.
Summary
Adds Replace to completed selection-tool answers for editable text.
Selection tools can replace editable text with a completed answer.
Earlier findings about redirected focus, overwritten page edits, and answers mentioning gpt-loading are addressed in the current code. sebastianelsner accepted the keyboard-access limitation to keep this action consistent with neighboring controls and deferred a shared fix; Greptile withdrew that finding.
No new actionable issues were found.
Diagram
%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart LR
A[Select editable text] --> B[Capture target]
B --> C[Run selection tool]
C --> D[Completed answer]
D --> E[Click Replace]
E --> F{Target unchanged and focused?}
F -->|Yes| G[Insert answer as plain text]
F -->|No| H[Show failure]
execCommand inserts into the focused element. When a focus handler of
the page moves the focus to another field after the captured field is
focused, the answer was written into that other field, and the value
fallback then also replaced the captured field. Only use execCommand
while the captured field is the active element; otherwise write the
value of the captured field directly.
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- Recheck that a captured text field still qualifies for capture, so a
field that became a password field is not written to.
- Only trust execCommand on text fields when the field holds exactly
the replacement; a page handler editing another part of the field no
longer counts as success.
- Re-resolve the editing host of a contenteditable range, so text that
was made non-editable since capture is not overwritten by the manual
fallback.
- Insert line breaks as <br> elements in the contenteditable fallback,
so multiline answers keep their breaks in normal-whitespace hosts.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
A request stopped before its first token marks the loading placeholder
as done, so Replace was offered and wrote the placeholder HTML over the
user's selection. Only offer Replace for completed answers with content
and without the loading placeholder.
ConversationCard now passes the replace callback through unchanged and
ConversationItem strips the trailing <hr/> itself, as it does for Copy.
The inline closure per answer had defeated the memo on ConversationItem,
so every streamed token re-rendered all earlier answers.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
On mobile, the toolbar follows selectionchange and starts its tools
with the updated selection text, but Replace still used the capture
from when the toolbar opened. Extending a selection from a word to a
sentence then generated an answer for the sentence and replaced only
the word. Recapture the editable selection on those changes and fix
the target when a tool starts, so later selection changes do not move
it.
The replace callback passed to ConversationCard is now stable, so
completed answers keep their memoized ConversationItem while a new
answer streams.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Focus moved to another field (Greptile, Copilot): execCommand is only used while the captured field has the focus; otherwise the captured field's value is set directly, so nothing reaches the other field.
Text field checks (Qodo): a field that became a password field since capture is refused, and a successful execCommand only counts when the field holds exactly the replacement.
Contenteditable checks (Copilot): the editing host of the captured range is re-resolved, so text made non-editable since capture is not overwritten; multi-line answers keep their line breaks as <br> in the fallback.
Stopped requests (Qodo, Copilot): Replace is no longer offered for the loading placeholder of a request stopped before its first token.
Mobile selection changes (Copilot): the replace target follows selectionchange together with the selection text and is fixed when a tool starts.
Re-renders while streaming (Qodo): the replace callback is stable, so completed answers keep their memoized ConversationItem.
Declined with reasons in the threads: deleting contenteditable="false" children inside a selection (native insertText does the same), nested editing hosts (the outermost editable element is the host per spec), and the keyboard accessibility of the icon actions (same span pattern as Copy, Read and Delete; better done for all of them together).
npm test (1146 tests), npm run lint, npm run pretty:check and npm run build pass; re-tested manually in Firefox.
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- Line 101: Normalize inserted text before computing replacedValue in the
selection-replacement flow: replace line breaks with spaces for INPUT elements,
while preserving them for TEXTAREA elements. Keep the normalized text consistent
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- When execCommand leaves the field neither unchanged nor holding the
replacement, a page handler changed it during the command. The field
is now left as it is and Replace reports failure, instead of writing
a value built from the old capture over the page's edit.
- Abort when the field does not have the focus after focus(), instead
of writing to a field the page moved the focus away from.
- Insert line breaks as spaces into single-line inputs, as browsers do
for insertText, so the exact-match check holds for multiline answers
and the fallback no longer joins their lines.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Answers were rejected as the loading placeholder whenever they
contained "gpt-loading", e.g. in a code example. Only reject the
placeholder itself.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Firefox does not expose text field selections via
window.getSelection(), so the mobile selectionchange listener ignored
extended selections in inputs and textareas, and the tools kept the
old selection text and Replace target. Fall back to the text field
capture, as the content script already does when the toolbar opens.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Page edits during execCommand (Greptile, cubic): the text-field value is only set directly when the field is still unchanged after the command; any other value is kept and Replace reports failure.
Line breaks in single-line inputs (CodeRabbit): they are inserted as spaces, as browsers do, so the exact-match check holds and the fallback no longer joins lines.
Focus moved away (cubic): Replace aborts when the captured field does not have the focus after focus().
Answers mentioning gpt-loading (Greptile, cubic): only the loading placeholder itself is rejected.
Mobile Firefox text fields (cubic): the selectionchange listener falls back to the text-field capture when window.getSelection() is empty.
Declined with the reason in the thread: selections spanning a contenteditable="false" child (native insertText does the same, as in the earlier Qodo thread).
npm test (1151 tests), npm run lint, npm run pretty:check and npm run build pass.
Reject contenteditable replacement when focus moves away.
element.focus() can run page handlers that move focus to another field. isUnchanged() does not check focus, so the replacement continues. If native insertion does not apply, the manual fallback still replaces the captured text in the original editor. The text-field path already rejects this case with doc.activeElement !== element.
🐛 Suggested fix
if (typeof element.focus === 'function') element.focus()
- // focus handlers of the page may have changed the content in the meantime- if (!isUnchanged()) return false+ // focus handlers of the page may have changed the content or moved the focus away+ if (!isUnchanged() || doc.activeElement !== element) return false
The captured element is the topmost editing host, which is the element focus() targets. After a successful focus in the light DOM, doc.activeElement equals that element, so the check does not reject the normal case.
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Review comment at @src/utils/selection-replace.mjs at line 148:
Update replaceInContentEditable to check that doc.activeElement is still the
captured editing element after calling focus, alongside the existing
isUnchanged() check. Return false if either condition fails, preventing
replacement when focus handlers move focus elsewhere.
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- Line 148: Update replaceInContentEditable to check that doc.activeElement is
still the captured editing element after calling focus, alongside the existing
isUnchanged() check. Return false if either condition fails, preventing
replacement when focus handlers move focus elsewhere.
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- Textareas read CRLF and CR line breaks back as LF, so an answer
containing them was inserted but failed the exact-match check and
Replace reported failure. Insert them as LF.
- Abort a contenteditable replacement when the editing host does not
have the focus after focus(), as the text-field path does. The focus
is compared within the host's root node, so editors in a shadow root
are not rejected.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Addressed the review round on 8f5bbb3 (cubic, CodeRabbit) in fed71b9:
Textarea line endings (cubic): CRLF and CR line breaks are inserted as LF, which textareas read back, so the exact-match check no longer reports failure for them.
Focus moved away in contenteditable (CodeRabbit, outside the diff): like the text-field path, the replacement aborts when the editing host does not have the focus after focus(). The focus is compared within the host's root node (getRootNode().activeElement), so editors in a shadow root are not rejected.
npm test (1154 tests), npm run lint, npm run pretty:check and npm run build pass.
Resolve open shadow roots when capturing and replacing text fields.
captureEditableSelection reads doc.activeElement. When the focused field is inside an open shadow root, that property returns the shadow host, which is not a text field. The function then falls back to doc.getSelection(), which does not return an editable range for the field. The capture returns null, so Replace is not offered for a textarea or input in an open shadow root.
Replacement has the same gap. After focusing a text field, replaceCapturedSelection requires doc.activeElement === element. For a field in a shadow root, that check fails even after capture succeeds. Resolve the active element through open shadow roots in both places.
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- const activeElement = doc.activeElement+ let activeElement = doc.activeElement+ while (activeElement?.shadowRoot?.activeElement) {+ activeElement = activeElement.shadowRoot.activeElement+ }
- if (!isUnchanged() || doc.activeElement !== element) return false+ if (!isUnchanged() || element.getRootNode().activeElement !== element) return false
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Review comment at @src/utils/selection-replace.mjs around lines 30 - 70:
Update captureEditableSelection to descend through activeElement values of open
shadow roots before checking whether the focused element is a text field. In
replaceCapturedSelection, validate focus using the field’s shadow-root context
so a captured field inside an open shadow root remains eligible for replacement.
Minor · Capture shadow-root selections with a shadow-root-aware range. · selection-replace.mjs:55-70
Capture shadow-root selections with a shadow-root-aware range.
Selection.getRangeAt(0) can return a host-scoped range for a selection inside a shadow tree. The selection toolbar can still render from window.getSelection().toString(), but captureEditableSelection() can return null when the retargeted ancestor is not editable. FloatingToolbar then has no replacement target, so Replace is unavailable.
Resolve the range with the relevant shadow root, such as getComposedRanges({ shadowRoots: [...] }), and convert the result to the mutable range required by replacement. This concern is separate from text-field activeElement handling.
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Review comment at @src/utils/selection-replace.mjs around lines 55 - 70:
Update captureEditableSelection to resolve selections inside shadow trees with a
shadow-root-aware range, then convert the resolved range to a mutable range for
replacement. Preserve the existing editable-element validation and text-field
handling.
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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Review comments at @src/utils/selection-replace.mjs:
- Around line 30-70: Update captureEditableSelection to descend through
activeElement values of open shadow roots before checking whether the focused
element is a text field. In replaceCapturedSelection, validate focus using the
field’s shadow-root context so a captured field inside an open shadow root
remains eligible for replacement.
- Around line 55-70: Update captureEditableSelection to resolve selections
inside shadow trees with a shadow-root-aware range, then convert the resolved
range to a mutable range for replacement. Preserve the existing editable-element
validation and text-field handling.
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On the two outside-diff points from CodeRabbit's review of fed71b9 (text fields in open shadow roots, and contenteditable selections inside shadow trees): keeping these out of this PR. Today a selection inside a shadow root is simply not captured, so Replace is not offered there and nothing is written, which is the safe default. Supporting it needs shadow-root-aware capture (shadowRoot.activeElement, and getComposedRanges() with a conversion to a live Range) in both the capture and the replace paths, so it fits better in a separate follow-up PR.
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Summary
Adds a Replace button to answers in the selection-tools floating toolbar, so the AI response (e.g. a polished or translated version) can be written back over the originally selected text in one click — no more manual copy & paste when polishing text you are writing in an input, textarea, or rich-text editor.
How it works
captureEditableSelection): a text field (input/textarea) with its selection offsets, or a clonedRangeinside acontenteditableregion. This happens before the selection is lost by interacting with the toolbar.replaceCapturedSelection, which writes the answer text over the original selection. A ✓/✗ icon gives success/failure feedback (same pattern asCopyButton).input/textareaselections viawindow.getSelection(), so the selection-tools flows (mouseup, touchend, the keydown cleanup, and the mobileselectionchangelistener) fall back to the captured text-field selection there.Safety / security considerations
.value/ text nodes /execCommand('insertText')), never parsed as HTML.contenteditablethe range must still contain the original text. Otherwise nothing is overwritten and the button shows a failure state.document.execCommand('insertText')is preferred so the native undo history keeps working (its result is only trusted when the selected text was actually replaced; if a page handler changed a text field in some other way during the command, the field is kept and the button shows a failure state); a fallback sets the value via the prototype setter and dispatches aninputevent so pages with controlled inputs (React and similar) observe the change.Containment
src/utils/selection-replace.mjs+ new componentsrc/components/ReplaceButton/; everything else is optional-prop threading (capturedSelection→FloatingToolbar,onReplaceContent→ConversationCard,onReplace→ConversationItem).ConversationCard/FloatingToolbar(popup, independent panel, site adapters, menu tools) are unaffected — the capture is only wired up in the selection-tools paths (mouse, touch, and right-click selection tools).i18n
Replace SelectionandReplace Failedtosrc/_locales/en/main.jsonand propagated translations to all other locales (de, es, fr, id, it, ja, ko, pt, ru, tr, zh-hans, zh-hant). Native speakers, please feel free to correct.Validation
master. The latest merge only had to re-add this PR'sreplaceCapturedSelectionimport and test stub after master switched the floating toolbar toDraggableCore; the earlier conflict insrc/content-script/index.jsxroutes master'screationVersionstale-toolbar guard and this PR's captured selection throughcreateSelectionTools.npm test: 1154 tests pass, including 41 unit tests forselection-replace.mjsand a selection-toolbar lifecycle test for the Firefox keydown case.npm run lint,npm run pretty:checkandnpm run build: clean.contenteditable(including undo andinputevent propagation), no Replace button for read-only, password and static text, failure state when the field changed after capture, the right-click selection-tool path, and the toolbar staying open on Shift+Arrow / Ctrl+C inside a text field.contenteditableeditor, and no Replace button after stopping a request before its first token.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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